What would prevent you from buying the S650?

[noGreta!]

There were two things that made the poorly engineered and QA/QC challenged S550 worth buying: (1) Good looks (2) Cheap horsepower.

They took both of those away with the S650.

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[jd_cobra]

No, people were mistaken. It was cleared up.

So far there's 0 real information that there will be ASS on the car.

Oh ok. Wouldn’t surprise me with the way emission regulations are going though.

 

[KingKona]

Oh ok. Wouldn’t surprise me with the way emission regulations are going though.

There was some dash icon....people thought it was for ASS. Then it was corrected.

But those were all pre-production cars, so we still don't really know anything.

 

[paulm1]

The price.

 

[jd_cobra]

There was some dash icon....people thought it was for ASS. Then it was corrected.

But those were all pre-production cars, so we still don't really know anything.

definitely looks like ASS to me, lul. but as you stated, it’s a pre production car.

 

[KingKona]

The price.

I did some checking on rising prices, taking inflation into account.

It's staggering how expensive cars are now. Hell, back in 1968 you could get a 911 S for something like $57K, and a Mustang GT started at $21,822.00

 

[KingKona]

definitely looks like ASS to me, lul. but as you stated, it’s a pre production car.

What does? That's a very blurry picture.

 

[jd_cobra]

What does? That's a very blurry picture.

Icon far left next to the start/stop button. I see it pretty clearly but I do have 20/15 vision if you owned any ford vehicle with ASS the design is identical.

 

[derklink]

PP car I saw a couple weeks ago. Has the ASS button. I did like the steering wheel. The digital dash was huuuge. Seemed bigger than the one in my wife's Telluride.

 

[DopamineQuest]

Just looking at it.

 

[paulm1]

I did some checking on rising prices, taking inflation into account.

It's staggering how expensive cars are now. Hell, back in 1968 you could get a 911 S for something like $57K, and a Mustang GT started at $21,822.00

The dark horse is going to be as much as a '24 ZL-1. If i was going to spend that kind of money it would be for 650hp.

 

[jd_cobra]

The dark horse is going to be as much as a '24 ZL-1. If i was going to spend that kind of money it would be for 650hp.

That’s why I’ve been looking at C7 z06s and a few C6 zr1’s.

 

[Roger Blose]

No AM radio, sad looking dash, start stop fiasco, electric parking brake, complicated dual intake set up with little gain in HP /torque, no quad V-8 exhaust tips without active option, ugly wheel choices, and significant price increases across all models. And the styling is a sept backward on all sides compared to the 550s which looked like a poor man's Aston Martin.

 

[Decible]

Truthfully….everything I liked about the dark horse mechanically was available on the Mach 1 and it was 10k cheaper so I got a Mach 1…..the tech would be nice but not necessary

 

[bigred90gt]

I could get past the exterior with time, though I don't love it for sure. I might be able to get used to the ipad dash, as I think every new car will have one and we wont have a choice if we want a new car, though I completely hate it at this moment. It looks cheap, like an afterthought. The ECU being locked down doesn't bother me, as I don't really need to tune it (current car isn't tuned, and it's plenty fast). For me, it boils down to I just don't want one. When the time comes for me to get rid of this one, I'll move on to something else as a daily. If I decide on another mustang in the future, it will likely be a fox or a late 60's project car, and not something intended for daily duties. I had a truck and a '00 project car, but when we moved to the apartment, I lost my garage and a place to work on the car. I have an RV storage room that serves as my garage, but it is a 30 minute drive if I catch I-10 with no traffic. No practical in my eyes.

I don't care for the looks of the S650 at all, and the interior for me currently is a hard no. Throw the cost of new cars on top of that, and it's an easy choice. If I'm going to spend that kind of money on a vehicle, chances are, as much as I love them, it won't be a mustang. I've had 6, but refuse to spend that much one one. The one I have now is about the limit of what I'm willing to pay.

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